The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-11-11
A NARROW ESCAPE.


Miss Blanch Bernard hau ioSeiy hair'
xayy. plentiful. golden. with those Pc
culiarly beautiful lights which Giorgi-
one and Titan have made immortal
climmering and sparkling through its
iuxuriant waves. Miss Blanch was BY
no means q regulation beauty. but the
.ha,e az her head was classical. her
ewes large and lustrious, her teeth
white and regular, and her form could
! be described but BY one word-pcrfec-
tion. Yet her hair was her piece dc re-
sistance-how many men have raved
over its splendor and lost their hearts
in it, golden depths! One have spec
ial cause to remember because he had
engaged himself to my cousin, a pretty.
lovable little thing. before Miss Ber-
nard's golden locks dawned upon him
and tangled him in their bewildcring
meshes.
Miss Bernard had other attractions
besides golden hair, lustrous eyes and
milky teeth. She could sing with taste
and feeling. play supvrbly. dance like
Z sylph is supposed TO dance. and talk
like-s woman. Still. as camelias,
which have beauty and dignity. have
no sweetness. and roses, which have
both beauty and fragrance, have
thorns, Miss Bernard had her draw
! backs Some were merely the faults
q the woman. womanly. and could be
parioned by lover. She had trick.
for instance. Of holding one spellbound
BY dropping her eyes until her lovely
dark lashcs were outlined by her bril-
liant cheeks with prc-Raphaelite dis
tinctncss. then lifting her white lids
and flashing the full glory Of her haze
orbs upon her masculine adorer.
have seen this vancouver practicet
with deadly effect not only by Mis-
Bernard. but by scores Of pretty WON
en-. violet-eyed. hazel-eyed, black-eyc'
and gray; but ! warn cross
eyed girls, white eyed girl
and girls with white. pig-lik
lashes to beware Of il. Then. her hea
being classical, she invariably wovc he
hair after simple and most charmin
fashion--coiling its cleaning masses !
heavy, careless knot. This style ha
three-fold advantages: first, it was
delightful contrast to the heads .
womankind in general. and gave Mil
Bernard a distinct and striking styl
Of her own; secondly. il was especial
becoming and emincntly calculated
display to the utmost the beauty Of he
shapely head and lovely hair; third,
It had the advantage q tumbling ov'
her graceful shoulders in most admire
disorder upon the least provocatiol
II Miss Bernard waltxcd. her hair hs
way Of loosening It's cleaning coil
y she threw back her head and laughs
"a cadenced, musical laugh which
Itself was enough to take captive Il
most obduratc and unimprcssiblc
member hair showered down like
mist Of gold; II she rompcd wi
Bertha, her year-old niece, down can
her golden fleece. And when lustro
eyes and dewy lips sparklcd and smiI
rom out this shimmcring mass
tumbled gold. ST. Anthony hims,
could not have resisted her. at least
me first time he should behold the v
ION; after he had seen It q score
times its charm would depart with
novelty. II was this, TO me, transps
ent trickery Of the falling hair viii
was the most potent charm to =
cousins lover. Being the sworn cha
pom Of womankind. will not insir
ate that all ladies' with luxuriant tire
g allow them to tumble about in Il
promiscuous fashion.
Miss Bcrnard's thorns were OF
more pronounced character than
Varieties ! have recounterd. II |
Eyes were flashing and fiery. 50 v
ner temper. and. though her lips COZ
smile swcctly, she had, like Petruci
aate, "a tongue with = tang will
ner dewy roses. Az Just and trus
~ racontcur 1 must testify that
always found her tongue vclvcty q
sne temper sweet As milk and hon
~ my cousins lover discovered
volcanic nature Of hcr temper on q
" MIN. memorable occasion. CT
Shce was . frank. merry, gocl-look